POLITICAL NOTES: Cannibalism in California

"We Democrats in California are
much worse than Democrats in the rest of the country," said
amiable ex-Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball last week, in the presence
of visiting Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler. During his
California tour, Butler got the pointright between his ribs. Seldom
has a top party official been so publicly impaled before such a
delighted audience as Butler before his fellow Democrats in California.

As usual, the California Democrats are engaged in a bitter family
squabble.

Chairman Butler flew into the fight like a bird into a badminton game.
At the Fresno convention of the California...